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SIOUX FALLS, S.D., November 15, 2024 —  The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust on Friday granted $15,000 to Reach Literacy to support the organization’s mission to empower adults and children through literacy. Staff from Helmsley’s Sioux Falls office volunteered at Reach Literacy on Friday, helping to stock the organization’s shelves with newly donated books. “The Helmsley Charitable…

NEW YORK, November 7, 2024 – The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust (“Helmsley”) announced Melissa Crutchfield has been hired as the Program Director for its Vulnerable Children in Sub-Saharan Africa (VCSSA) program.  Crutchfield joined the Trust on November 4, 2024. Crutchfield brings over 20 years of experience in global grantmaking, creating and scaling strategic programs, and establishing…

After expanding our Rural Healthcare Program into two U.S. Pacific Territories, we added Hawaii as our ninth state. As our first grant in Hawaii, we granted $10.6 million to Wilcox Medical Center on Kauai for state-of-the-art diagnostic and radiology equipment. “The Helmsley Charitable Trust is thrilled to welcome Hawaii to our Rural Healthcare Program,” Helmsley Trustee Walter Panzirer said. “This…

In my younger days working as a paramedic and firefighter in California and a school resource officer in South Dakota, I saw first-hand the disparity between the quality of healthcare offered to rural Americans compared to their urban counterparts. So when I took on the role of a trustee for The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, I…

NEW YORK, N.Y., September, 6, 2024 – The New Venture Fund (NVF), a public charity that works to achieve a healthier, more equitable world, has launched a request for proposals for the Type 1 Diabetes Camps Project: 2025-2027 Campership Initiative. This initiative seeks applications from diabetes camping organizations nationwide serving youth living with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and their families….

Fishing nets. Water bottles. Toys. We all know not to litter, but many of us don’t know that much of the plastic trash from our homes and businesses winds up in the ocean.   Researchers estimate there are more than five trillion pieces of plastic waste in the ocean, and this debris collects in five zones in the ocean. The…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A recently released study demonstrates the ECHO Model is an effective intervention for improving diabetes care in rural settings. The study examined whether rural health care providers, who participated in weekly ECHO telementoring sessions, could help people with diabetes achieve similar outcomes as patients seen by endocrinology specialists working in an academic medical center. The study found…

NEW YORK, September 3, 2024 – Today, The Trevor Project and The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust announced that they’re joining forces to support the mental health of LGBTQ+ young people across rural America. Through a $5 million grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust, the two organizations will develop a targeted multimedia campaign to raise awareness of…

After expanding our Rural Healthcare Program into two U.S. Pacific Territories, we added Hawaii as our ninth state. As our first grant in Hawaii, we granted $10.6 million to Wilcox Medical Center on Kauai for state-of-the-art diagnostic and radiology equipment. “The Helmsley Charitable Trust is thrilled to welcome Hawaii to our Rural Healthcare Program,” Helmsley Trustee Walter Panzirer said. “This…

For the millions of people uprooted by crisis or conflict, finding adequate health care can be nearly impossible. Displaced populations often face already overwhelmed health systems — and the strain on resources makes it harder for people to access necessary care.  This is especially dangerous for people living with chronic noncommunicable diseases like type 1 diabetes (T1D), who face immediate…

NEW YORK, August 15, 2024 – In a recent innovation for Crohn’s disease treatment, researchers from the Stenosis Therapy and Anti-Fibrotic Research (STAR) consortium have developed reliable methods to measure intestinal strictures using both MRI and CT imaging. This advancement, published in Radiology, marks a significant step toward effective medical therapies for Crohn’s disease-related intestinal strictures.  

LIHUE, August 2, 2024 – The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has added Hawaii as the ninth state in its Rural Healthcare Program, announcing a $10.6 million grant to provide Wilcox Medical Center in Kauai with state-of-the-art diagnostic and radiology equipment. Walter Panzirer, a Trustee for the Helmsley Charitable Trust, said the funding will help Wilcox Medical…

SAIPAN, July 8, 2024 – Residents of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) will gain access to life-saving diagnostic technology thanks to more than $6.4 million in grant funding from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust that will provide the islands’ first magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine. Helmsley’s grant will allow the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation…

AMERICAN SAMOA, June 27, 2024 – The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust announced today $3.2 million in grants to provide an Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine, portable X-ray capabilities, and portable ultrasound equipment to Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center (LBJTMC) and American Samoa Community Health Centers (ASCHC) in American Samoa, a remote United States territory in…

NEW YORK, June 26, 2024 — The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust announced today a $1.4 million grant, with a matching component, to support the growth of the Kyler Cares Foundation. Kyler Cares is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving health outcomes for underserved youth living with type 1 diabetes (T1D) by sharing educational resources, increasing access to…